[muawiyah]

Maybe less so than you imagine. ELCA, like all other multicongregation religious organizations, has a "retirement package". It's most likely written up by Fidelity.

There are clauses in the contract regarding what happens when you walk away from "the plan".

I'm guessing this particular Lutheran priest figured out pretty quickly that her current retirement package is more beneficial in the long run than the new one offered by the new affilation.

What these preachers, priests, and prayer leaders need are portable retirements. Then they wouldn't have to make such ignant looking decisions.

[Secret Agent Man]

Did you hear her explanation? She agrees with the pro-gay vote. She said she thinks God made the vote turn out that way.

I take her at her word.